Finale: SongWriter 2010 (Retail)
Product Code: MAKWHR10

Spend more time making music and less time learning software. Finale SongWriter lets you hear your music play back, print sheet music, share songs with the free downloadable Finale Reader and save MP3 files for your iPod.

From the creators of Finale, the world's leading music notation software, SongWriter is perfect for songwriters, band and choir directors, church musicians, students and other musicians.

Experiment with Melodies

• Click notes onto the staff and hear their pitches drag notes up and down to find the pitches you want.
• Play a MIDI keyboard and see the music appear instantly.
• Import and export MIDI and MusicXML files.
• Add multiple lyric verses.

• Try any tempo.
• Transpose to any key.
• Type a chord name to hear how it sounds and see its guitar fretboard.
• Select automatic drum grooves for different styles.
• Add automatic harmonies.

• Print great-looking sheet music.
• Save MP3 files to create audio CDs or to play on an iPod.
• Hear your songs with a professional software synthesizer and over 128 sounds no hardware required!
• Use Human Playback to make songs sound like they're performed like live musicians.
• Share your music with others using the free, downloadable Finale Reader.